by Cathy Alinovi | Jan 23, 2025 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Latest News
Day two of the 2025 AAFCO midyear meeting in scenic, yet cold, Little Rock, Arkansas ended with a tremendous surprise: the FDA went home. The FDA was ordered by the chief of the brand new presidential administration to stop issuing policy, stop participating in...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 18, 2024 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Labeling Updates, Latest News, Regulatory Updates
On Thursday, August 22nd, I’m hosting a formal meeting for Next Gen members to discuss the proposed PURR Act along with changes in FDA procedures and — if you are a small batch pet food manufacturer — you need to consider joining us. While one component of the...
by Cathy Alinovi | Nov 13, 2023 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Labeling Updates, Latest News
**AAFCO Update** In August, we reported that AAFCO and the Pet Food Committee had agreed to commission a work group to address the copper issue in pet food. <<hyperlink to that blog post>> That is happening, and I’ll detail more of what’s going on within...
by Cathy Alinovi | Aug 19, 2023 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Latest News
Attending both annual AAFCO meeting costs approximately $3500, including dues, travel and hotel stays. This is why so many small batch pet food manufacturers (like our esteemed NGPFMA members!) miss out. Well, they used to miss out. Now, through AFFORDABLE Next...
by Cathy Alinovi | Feb 8, 2021 | AAFCO Meetings, Latest News, Regulatory Updates
In these unfortunate days of virtual meetings, not as much is presented at the AAFCO meeting as when the meetings are live. For the most part, the regulators put all the information in the Feed BIN (Basic information network) and await comments. Pertinent information...
by ngp2021 | Aug 7, 2020 | AAFCO, AAFCO Meetings, Latest News, Our Stories, Regulatory Updates
Whether or not you used the opportunity to tune in for free to the AAFCO meeting (August 5-7, 2020) to get a taste of how things run, here’s an overview of the salient discussions. (If you did tune in, please shoot me an email and let me know your impressions.) The...
